Ruslan Pogorelov's chess openings
GM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 22741,483 games
Ruslan Pogorelov, Grandmaster from Spain, has 1,483 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ruslan Pogorelov most often opens with 1.Nf3 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White682 games · +336 =201 −145 · 64%
As Black801 games · +305 =246 −250 · 53%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening82%555 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%64 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening9%59 games · scores 59% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%325 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense12%49 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense6%24 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%258 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%14 games · scores 18% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense0%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 c6 3.c4 g6
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